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Podcast: New Books in Eastern European Studies
Episode: Josiah Ober, âDemocratic Lessons: What the Greeks Can Teach Usâ (Open Agenda, 2021)
Description: Democratic Lessons: What the Greeks Can Teach Us is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Josiah Ober, Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis Professor in Honor of Constantine Mitsotakis Professor of Political Science and Classics at Stanford University. This extensive conversation includes topics such as the serendipitous factors that led him to study the classical world, the insights that examining rhetoric provide about ancient Athenian society, and how social media might help us fruitfully recreate aspects of the past. Prof. Ober discusses his insights that the ancient Athenians didnât just happen to stumble upon the idea of democracyâthey someh...